dim [POST]

(38 instances)

dim [POST] (38x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. dim; dim3; ĝešdim "post, pillar, pole; binding, knot, bond" Akk. mahrašu; makūtu; riksu; timmu

[1] cuneiform DIM dim
[2] cuneiform LUGAL@s dim3
[3] cuneiform GIŠ.DIM ĝešdim (gešdim)
+ -0 (38x/100%).
3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 (no date)
[1] 5 13 14
[2] 2
[3] 1

8 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. post, pillar, pole (38x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIa/unknown dim ED Metals 11; AN dim ED Metals 12. LEX/ED IIIb/Ebla [[dim]] = DIM = ti-mu-um Ebla Sign List 44. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur dimzabar OB Nippur Ura 2 564; [[dim]] = [di-im] = [DIM] = ir#-ru-um OB Aa 887:1; [[dim]] = = = di#-mu-um OB Aa 887:2. LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown lu2 dim3 tur-tur = ša ma-la-la-[tim] OB Lu-Azlag A 258. ELA/Ur III/Drehem esir2 su-ba dim? GA2 [x] Syracuse 432 2; 1(diš) x ga!? MIN dim-še3 TLB 3, 023 1. ELA/Ur III/Girsu 1(u) dim ab-ba 3(diš) kuš3 ib2-sa2 NATN 677 1; 2(u) dim ab-ba 2(diš) 1/2(diš) kuš3 ib2-sa2 NATN 677 2. ELA/Ur III/Nippur [...] dim!? gal2 BE 03/1, 133 1; u3 dim-bi TMH NF 1-2, 356 5. ELA/Ur III/Umma dim?-ra dumu a-da-lal3 RA 12, 154 06 2; 2(diš) dim ab-ba in-u RA 16, 19 r vii 4. ELA/Ur III/Ur u3 dim 1(u) še-ta 9(diš)-še3 UET 3, 0544 3. ELA/Ur III/unclear ŠU+LAGAB 5(u) 3(diš) gešu3-suh5 dim TSU 108 r iii 8. unknown/Ur III/Umma 6(diš) dim gešab-ba 6(diš) kuš3-ta UTI 4, 2714 1; 8(diš) gešu3-suh5 dim 5(diš) kuš3-ta UTI 6, 3503 6.

~ e[house] XLEX/ED IIIa/unknown dim e2 ŠILIG ED Plants 81.

~ igi[eye]LEX/Old Babylonian/unknown dim3 igi-ĝu10 Ugumu 67.

~ ma[ship]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ĝišdim ma2 OB Nippur Ura 1 301.

See: gal pa dim; ma dim dug.

2. binding, knot, bond

Akk. mahrašu "a fastening post"; makūtu "staff, pole, post"; riksu "binding, knot, bond"; timmu "post, pillar".

[1987] P. Steinkeller, AOS 68 92-93.

[1984] M. Civil, JNES 43 294.


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